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The first episode of the Base x Mnet competition show Crowned aired on July 3 to hot reactions.
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crowned event: filming self-para #1
what: the one rehearsal for the first round that joohyun actually manages to attend where: dimensions’ practice room when: sometime in july
crowned event: interview #2
how do you feel about how you and your group performed today?
“i think we did our best, under the circumstances. i know i could’ve done better and i feel sorry for my group that i couldn’t do as well as they did, but i hope our effort showed through our performance and that we still get a good response for it.”
crowned event: interview #1
why do you think the song you’re performing is your group’s “representative song”?
“it’s our debut song. it’s the song that was chosen for us to start our career, so i think it’s the song that best encompasses and introduces our concept to the audience.”
gyujeongfmd:
he’s been told ten times by noon that he’s turned capricious, unpredictable. confusing enough that it’s a matter of time before the ticking timebomb implodes.
but the clock ticks away, and each time the fuse burns closer to the point of detonation, his manager becomes the real mvp of the day. one quick nudge, a secret exchange of cigarettes from one pocket into another, his lighter already nested deep into the pockets of his costume — he’s ready to take his fingers, pause the fuse for a few moments more.
it’s a one-way street, and chung gyujeong doesn’t pay any remote attention to the bows of hierarchical habit he receives in the halls nor does he pay cause for the whispers of staff spreading the next wave of rumors of idol x y and z. instead, he focuses on the quick out salvation, a secluded area with the best thing crowned has to offer: privacy.
he’s in the middle of indulging, and maybe if he’d swallow the smoke deep enough that it’d fill his lungs any further, he’d have one big lousy excuse to extradite him from this entire bullshit production based on falsehoods — a thought he contemplates further till the tangential question probes him out of his reverie. and by the time he registers what the child wants, he lends one dead-beat stare. “you’d think if you had a cigarette, you’d maybe carry a lighter around.” silence is the time that now ticks as he fishes out the lighter deep in his pocket before tossing it in one swift motion. “take it — i have five in my waiting room. might have more use for it with the way crowned is going.”
with the accumulated stress, the anger simmering right under her skin with nowhere to go but in, joohyun is not in the best of moods to be messed with. regardless of how that might come to be – the sombre look on her face had kept her group mates from indulging in their usual friendly teasing, for instance –, not a single part of her is willing to play nice, to soften the blow in her words, to default to the idol personality she’s been carefully constructing out of the very best parts of herself for the past three or so years. she is most definitely not in the mood to be spoken to with any degree of condescension.
joohyun grabs the lighter mid-air, any degree of annoyance at his words not enough to keep her from what she had come here to do. “i don’t know if you’re too self absorbed to notice anything beyond your own self,” joohyun points out, bringing the cigarette to her lips. “but my costume doesn’t really have pockets, which is usually how it goes when stylists prioritise the aesthetic over the usability of things.” she lights up, taking a long drag before blowing the smoke out. immediately, joohyun starts regretting it – as much as the nicotine will do wonders to lower her blood pressure, joohyun had failed to account for the heat of the day which would also collaborate to do just that.
“what? you hating the competition?” she asks, flicking the ashes and walking towards him so they can speak quietly, while being conscious of a necessary distance to be kept between them – just in case. “but i swore everybody was so excited about spending time they don’t have rehearsing for a futile performance in a show that will neither pay us nor benefit us in any way.”
fmdrioh:
“Why wouldn’t I think this would be fun?” Rioh asks, looking over to her with a smile. “It’s a beautiful day, the music’s great, I’m with you… I honestly feel like this is something that I, like, desperately needed on this break from tour. I was going a little crazy with all the traveling and all the shows.” A sigh falls from between his lips, his head spinning just thinking about how loaded his schedule has been and how, on top of it all, he’s started to film vlog content for a future plan to open his own YouTube channel. That, and he’s also been extremely active on Cloud’s TikTok account — dipping his toes into becoming more established as a social media figure. While all of that’s been really fun to him, it’s only adding more onto his plate and eating up the small bits of free time he has, so being able to kick back, maybe drink a beer or so, and let go of his stresses for a day is therapeutic to him. “I’m honestly liking this jazzy style of music a lot more than I thought I would. Sometimes, stuff like this makes me fall asleep since I prefer music with more energy, but most of what we’ve heard is so relaxing… and the singing is so good!” He chirps, moving a little closer to her; the light contact nourishing him in ways he doesn’t realize. He hopes she doesn’t mind.
Taking a breath of the fresh air, he decides to wait on getting a drink — not wanting to get too sloppy too early in the day. Maybe later he’ll warm up to having some alcohol, but he’s good for now. “I’ll get one when you want a refill, and I appreciate that you’ll keep an eye out on me. I’m so embarrassed at the fact that I’m such a lightweight. I wonder if I can build a better tolerance? Though, to be honest, my entire family is the same way — we turn into blushing morons when we have, like, two sips of a cocktail.” Rioh grimaces, thinking back on the many family reunions he’s gone to where literally everyone ended up highly inebriated except for him as he was much too young at the time. Having to care for many drunk relatives back then always stressed him out, but due to those experiences, he’s become pretty great at knowing how to kill hangovers and interact with the intoxicated. It’s definitely a language in and of itself, he’s come to find. One he’d consider himself fluent in, funnily enough.
However, interrupting these thoughts is Joohyun’s excitement, and when she starts grilling him about his potential lover, he blushes a deep scarlet — becoming giddy that he can finally share this with her after keeping it silent for so long. “He’s in your company… so you probably know of him if you haven’t properly met him. He’s a main vocalist. He’s in Quantum. His name is Teddy.” Rioh confesses, his blush growing deeper. It’s not often that he can inform someone that he’s exploring romance with other guys, so he’s extra fluttery. “He’s really handsome, Joohyun… he’s so tall, and he’s older than me, and he’s so good at kissing… and he’s so nice to me, and seems so into me… I don’t think I’ve ever really experienced what it’s like to be, like, wanted before…” Saying that makes him cringe out of embarrassment, but it’s true. Most people around him treat him like a kid still. “We also might’ve, uh… gone all the way, if you know what I mean… Like, I’m uh, not so ‘innocent’ anymore. God, I’m the worst.”
“well, you’re quite busy, aren’t you?” there’s no bitterness in her words, no indication that rioh’s busy life is somehow an annoyance for joohyun. because it isn’t. if there’s anyone who understands the hardships that come with the job, it is her. joohyun, as part of a group that hasn’t met significant success, has a piled up schedule herself, so she reckons someone like rioh, who’s lucky enough to be in a widely successful group, isn’t allowed a lot of free time. “kinda thought your managers wouldn’t let you come either,” joohyun points out with a shrug. “i don’t know, bc seems a bit more uptight about stuff like this. granted, i’m probably more likely to get shit for being photographed with you than the other way around, but i thought cloud’s image was more tightly controlled to prevent anything leaking. so. but i am glad you’re here! and that you’re enjoying yourself! and especially that you’re not falling asleep out of boredom,” joohyun laughs, shaking her head. “the singers, i reckon, would be quite upset if people fell asleep in the middle of their set.”
joohyun could get into her own family’s history with alcohol, but the mere thought of it has her heart clenching. “it’s fine, don’t worry,” she waves him off. “drink as much or as little you want. as long as you’re comfortable.” ending her sentence by drinking the rest of her beer with one gulp seems like the most appropriate response. she allows herself to be distracted by rioh telling him about his new… boyfriend? joohyun reckons that’s probably the case. of what she knows of rioh, she doesn’t think he’s the type of person to do casual.
“teddy, huh?” she smirks at him, raising an eyebrow. “haven’t met him properly, but i’ve seen him around. you sound absolutely love drunk, babe.” joohyun snorts. and then pauses, turns to him with wide eyes. “oh my god, wait. you let the guy fuck you?” joohyun tries keeping her voice as low as possible while still offering the needed dramatics. “oh my, oh my. i hope he’s making an honest man out of you after that.” as much as she’d like to pretend otherwise, joohyun knows the giddiness that accompanies a first time, the excitement that comes with knowing you’re truly wanted. maybe she’s not in the path towards love, but she’s not unfamiliar with lust. “or are you going to tell me now that you’ve become the type of person who does one night stands, huh?”
— a quick smoke with @gyujeongfmd — filming of crowned round one live performance — july 09, 2022
joohyun doesn’t make too constant of a habit out of smoking. cigarettes not only ruin the lungs but also the throat – both of which are completely indispensable for someone whose career is built around singing. so she tries not to, even if most people in her life can go through a pack in a day no issue. but the pent up stress from everything that lead up to this day, to this entire week is enough that, as soon as andromeda is released from the stage after finishing recording their performance, she finds a way to sneak out to have a smoke.
it didn’t even cross her mind to change clothes before stepping out into the area specifically reserved for people to smoke. still in her stage costume, joohyun attracts some odd looks from people around the building before she’s finally out – she doesn’t care about the stares, doesn’t really about anything other than finally smoking.
naively, joohyun had hoped she’d be alone. but she walks out and is met with the sight of another idol there. it would’ve been better if there were more people, as she’d feel less awkward about completely ignoring the man, a senior of hers on top of it. joohyun almost, almost does just that, but it’s only when the cigarette is between her lips that she realises she forgot her lighter. “shit,” she curses under her breath, pulling the stick from her mouth and approaching the other. “do you have a lighter?”
hello everyone!!! this is my open call for threads for the crowned event. joohyun is the unfortunate soul who’ll attract the rage of knetz for not being there for the group during a couple of rehearsals because of her drama related schedules. when she is around, she’s exhausted, grumpy and willing to bite someone’s head off. so. fun!!!
@officialandromeda: [#주현] galaxy, did you enjoy the first episodes of twenty five, twenty one? did you think i looked cool? ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ truth is, i started learning fencing this year so i could film the show and i’ve been having a great time with it. i hope you liked this start and continue following the episodes. give ko yurim a chance and you’ll soon love her ❣ ❣ ❣
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lovingjoohyun: joohyun coming for the EGOT! cosmos__andromeda: you never post about andromeda anymore... it’s like you only care about your acting career ↳ chaotic.galaxy: @cosmos__andromeda why is it only a problem when joohyun does it? she’s practicing with the group while doing her schedules, you should be more appreciative of her hard work yerinzfav: yerin wannabe ㅋ ㅋ joosgalaxy: i already love ko yurim!! you’re doing such a great job unnie hotgirljess: they’ll hire just about anyone to act nowadays won’t they dreamscomehyun: can we talk about how cute she looks here???
self para: a random vlive
what: a live where joohyun sings a little bit ( references for the covers 1 2 3 ) where: dimensions’ practice room when: june 16, 2022
fmdrioh:
Having been traveling back and forth to new cities for weeks now, Rioh’s over the moon that he’s able to rest his bones in Seoul for a little while; the familiarity of the city he was raised in grounding him in a way that no airplane, hotel suite, or stadium ever could. Sometimes, he wonders what his life would be like if he hadn’t decided to pursue a career in entertainment. Would he somehow feel freer than he does right now? Would being anonymous in a crowd of people offer him perks that he’ll never fully understand? Would he have enlisted already, or would he be stuck cramming for exams? The list of possibilities seems endless, but genuinely intangible. That’s not the life he chose for himself, and there’s no use feeling wistful over what could’ve been, especially when he’s able to get small tastes of normalcy here and there. Take now for instance. Instead of holing himself up at home and burning daylight by catching up on sleep, he’s attending a festival with someone he cares about so, so much — the two of them creating a beautiful memory that he’ll hang onto forever. It’s summertime, they’re listening to good music, sipping on drinks, and pretending like they’re just two random twenty-somethings, even if just for a little while.
Rioh inhales and exhales a deep breath, the ball cap he has on his head shielding his face from the sun that beams down on him; his eardrums tapped upon by the group on-stage. This isn’t a genre of music he’d seek out himself, but he’s enjoying it; even learning a thing or two from the collective’s vocalist. When they’re done, he turns his head towards Joohyun and nods. “Yeah, I actually really liked them — might even buy an album of theirs later!” He exclaims, making a mental note to properly look them up after he gets home. "You’ve always had great taste, so when you invited me to out to this, I knew it was gonna be good.” With that, he nudges her with his elbow; soft laughter following suit. “Do you need another beer or anything? I’m thinking about finally getting one myself, but I dunno… you know how I get when I’m drunk, and you also know that it doesn’t take much for me to get there either.” Scrunching his nose, he groans; wanting to have a good time, but also realizing that he needs to remain responsible. He leaves for another leg of Cloud’s tour in a couple of days.
“I, uh — also might be talking to someone right now, and I don’t think he’d like it if I got tipsy and started potentially acting stupid around other guys.”
joohyun chuckles. “do i now?” it’s a compliment she’s used to getting at this point. most of it comes from fans, who will naturally suck up to most anything she says, so joohyun doesn’t see it as the most genuine thing in the world. she loves music, is the thing. enough so that she’ll listen to just about anything she can get her hands on, any random playlist she might stumble upon, any artist someone might recommend to her. and joohyun has a good enough memory that she manages to catalogue almost every artist she listens to without much struggle. it makes it that much easier for her to make selected playlists whenever she’s in the mood for it. “i’m glad you came,” joohyun offers, drinking from her beer, enjoying it as the still cool liquid ran down her throat. “i honestly didn’t expect you to think it would be fun, so thank you for coming.”
shaking her head, she gestures towards her half full cup. “nah, i’m fine, but go get one for you, you deserve it.” rioh’s been just as much if not busier than joohyun these past few weeks. while she’s filming, he’s been touring, and joohyun can only guess how tiring his routine must be by now. she doesn’t have much of a reference beyond what she’s seen her own brother go through, but joohyun reckons it ought to be exhausting. “don’t worry about what you end up doing or not,” she snorts with a shake of her head. “i’ll make sure you don’t end up half naked where people can take pictures of you.”
joohyun’s eyes widen at the information rioh all but tosses on her lap. “are you kidding me?” in her excitement, she moves her hand too fast, causing the beer to slosh around the cup and some of it to fall on the grass floor, but joohyun pays it no mind. “who is he? have i met him? is he an idol or? how have you met? what do you mean you’re talking to him? what does that entail? come on, don’t just give me half assed gossip!”
👀 + what's the biggest regret you have about your life so far? 👀 + what's one thing about your brother that you're most jealous about?
👀 + ask me anything — accepting!
what's the biggest regret you have about your life so far?
“I wish I had taken dancing more seriously when I was younger. My grandma owns a dance studio, so why couldn’t I have gotten a grip and actually taken the classes? My life would be easier as a trainee if I hadn’t been trying to both improve my dancing and my singing. But oh well.”
what's one thing about your brother that you're most jealous about?
“Joohwan has... a thousand issues with self confidence that relate to how other people feel about them, but if there’s one thing that bitch simply has certainty on is their skills. They know they can dance and they know they can kill it on stage and they are never in competition with themselves. Don’t get me wrong, I know I’m good and I don’t compare myself to others but I fight with my own self over my skills so much that sometimes it’s super draining. Joohwan walks into any room and everybody looks at them and sees someone who’s sure of themselves. I think it’s pretty impressive, actually.”
👀 tell us about the first time you noticed yourself having feelings for a girl. what was your state of mind at that time? has that changed over time? what does your sexuality mean to you? 👀 you must immediately end the contract of at least one person in each of the three companies. who are you letting go and why? would this change if they knew it was your doing? what if the public knew?
👀 + ask me anything — accepting!
tell us about the first time you noticed yourself having feelings for a girl. what was your state of mind at that time? has that changed over time? what does your sexuality mean to you?
“I wish I could give you some grand story about how I always knew I felt something for girls and that I was in love with my childhood best friend and that’s how I found out, but honestly, I only really realised that a few months ago. A friend of mine celebrated his birthday at a queer club and I’d never been to one of those. My brother goes all the time but I was always a bit too scared to get caught, but he really wanted me to go so I went. A girl flirted with me that night and my heart fluttered like it never had whenever a boy flirted with me in the past. I didn’t kiss her because I was in a relationship and I didn’t want to be that person but I went home and had about fifty different breakdowns until I finally called my brother and asked them to talk me through it. I’m still a bit panicked about it, but now it’s easier. I guess meeting that girl again, since she was a friend of my friend’s, and sleeping with her helped me settled my doubts. My sexuality is a part of me, I guess? I don’t know. I haven’t thought that through a lot yet. Give me another couple of years.”
you must immediately end the contract of at least one person in each of the three companies. who are you letting go and why? would this change if they knew it was your doing? what if the public knew?
“Duri, Taeyong and Gyujeong. All of them are settled in their careers and I highly doubt any of them depend on their groups anymore. Maybe they’d even see it as a favour. Not really and not really either. People yelling at me on internet forums is never going to be that much of a bother. And I’m sure all of them are disliked enough by fans of other groups that I’d have some clout in a few fandom corners.”
👀 + what's your go-to order at a coffee shop? 👀 + if someone presented you with a giant cake at your birthday celebration only for someone to pop out of said cake and serenade you, who would you want to be the person singing to you? 👀 + being that you're a talented main vocalist / actress, what would you do if someone ursula'd you and stole your voice?
👀 + ask me anything — accepting!
what's your go-to order at a coffee shop?
“The biggest cup of latte possible.”
if someone presented you with a giant cake at your birthday celebration only for someone to pop out of said cake and serenade you, who would you want to be the person singing to you?
“Beyoncé. Anything short of that would be too big a disappointment. Or if we’re purposefully making this funny, then my brother because they’d sound like shit.”
being that you're a talented main vocalist / actress, what would you do if someone ursula'd you and stole your voice?
“Well, that’s... honestly a terrifying scenario, not gonna lie. I’m so careful to take care of my voice so this never ever happens, that just thinking about it makes me shudder a little bit. But, hm... I guess I’d go to uni? Maybe try to go back to playing football or running track or maybe volleyball. Do a sports for a living.”
👀 + if you had to choose between wearing mismatched patterns or wearing one color only (can't be beige, white, black, gray etc.) for the rest of your career, what would you pick? 👀 + you have to choose between your favorite club football team winning 5 consecutive championships vs your country winning the world cup once — what are u gonna choose?
👀 + ask me anything — accepting!
if you had to choose between wearing mismatched patterns or wearing one color only (can't be beige, white, black, gray etc.) for the rest of your career, what would you pick?
“Mismatched patterns. You can do something with that but you can’t really do much with a colour that isn’t a neutral. Or even if it was a neutral, that would be kinda boring, wouldn’t it? Plus, how can I live my life fully as a lesbian without a flannel shirt?”
you have to choose between your favorite club football team winning 5 consecutive championships vs your country winning the world cup once — what are u gonna choose?
“Are you kidding me? Without this magical situation, I doubt South Korea would ever win the world cup, so of course I pick that. Boca Juniors is going to be fine without 5 consecutive wins, but South Korea deserves one star at least.”
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